Proceeds from a $3.810 million bond sale will finance the next phase of Flossmoor’s eight-year water main replacement project. Village board members Monday approved the bond sale, which took place earlier in the day and was called a successful transaction reflecting Flossmoor’s strong fiscal health. Prior to the bond sale, Standard &[Read More…]

  Anya Brumfield In the beginning, as a Churchill School fourth grader, music lessons were something Anya Brumfield did because she had to.  About the time she got to Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Anya knew music was going to play an important role in her life. “I started really recognizing a passion[Read More…]

48 calls: Traffic Stop (33), Assist Fire Dept. (5), Check Well Being (1), Medical Alert Alarm (1), Disabled Vehicle (1), Warrant Service (1), Suspicious Circumstances (1), Lockout (1), Customer/Management Dispute (1), Lost Property (1), Burglar Alarm (1), Citizen Assist (1) Traffic Stop (33) 12:06 a.m., 183rd St. & Cowing Ct.[Read More…]

Robin Watson will perform a tribute to Billie Holiday at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at Ravisloe Country Club. Don’t read about Billie Holiday’s life if you’re feeling down. It’ll sink you.Instead, listen to her music. It will lift you.The iconic jazz singer, who lived a tragedy-filled life, died in 1959, but[Read More…]

63 calls: Traffic Stop (34), Assist Fire Dept. (5), Citizen Assist (1), Burglar Alarm (5), Solicitor Complaint (2), Check Well Being (4), Disabled Vehicle (2), Suspicious Subject (3), Traffic Accident with Damage (1), Abandoned Vehicle (1), Investigation (1), Lockout (1), Hit & Run (1), Found Property (1), Special Watch/Notification (1)[Read More…]

A Chicago man was arrested in Homewood Tuesday, Nov. 25, after Homewood police stopped him in the 3100 block of 183rd Street because the license plate on the vehicle he was driving was obscured by snow, ice and a portion of the plate holder. Isaac Roberson, 63, of the 1300[Read More…]

A Chicago Heights woman was charged Tuesday, Nov. 25, with child endangerment after allegedly leaving two children in a vehicle parked at a Homewood store.Police were notified shortly before 7 p.m. that one or more children were in a vehicle in the 17800 block of Halsted Street. On arrival, they[Read More…]

Elias Barbosa works Monday tostring decorative lights on an evergreen tree in Irwin Park. Homewood-Flossmoor Park District workers braved cold weather Monday, Dec. 1, to continue preparing Irwin Park for Friday’s Holiday Lights festival. Greg Malak, Elias Barbosa and David Becker worked for several hours with temperatures in the 20s to finish[Read More…]

Homewood-Flossmoor High School recently welcomed educators from Hawaii’s Mililani High School in Oahu and Farrington High School in Honolulu during a special visit to the Chicago area. H-F was one of five high schools the educators visited the week of Nov. 17 for a look at how some of the[Read More…]

Local tennis students will have a chance to serve as ball persons during a tennis exhibition match to be held Sunday, Dec. 14, at Chicago State University, according to a news release from the H-F Racquet & Fitness Club.The Chicago State Sports Management and Promotions professional tennis exhibition match will[Read More…]